Question 6.62

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62. Florida Vehicle Ownership. The following table provides the probability distribution for X = the number of vehicles owned by residents of Florida. (Note that this data ignores the small number of owners of four or more vehicles.)

0 0.08
1 0.42
2 0.38
3 0.12
Table 6.24: Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010.
  1. Explain why the number of vehicles owned is a random variable.
  2. Explain why the number of vehicles owned is a discrete, not a continuous, variable.
  3. Construct a probability distribution graph for .
  4. Find .
  5. Identify the most likely and the least likely numbers of vehicles owned.